Bruce A. Stanton, a 1974 UMaine graduate who is the Andrew C. Vail Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center of the Environmental Health Sciences at Dartmouth Medical School, will present a Wednesday Feb. 23 lecture at his alma mater. Stanton’s presentation, “Arsenic, a Global Public Health Crisis: How Safe is our Water and Food?,” […]
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Contact: George Markowsky, 581-3940 ORONO — The talk by Egyptian graduate student Sherief Farouk of the Department of Computer Science at UMaine on his perspectives on the popular revolt in Egypt, postponed Feb. 7 because of illness, has been rescheduled for Monday, Feb. 14 at 3 p.m. in Room 115, Donald P. Corbett Business Building. […]
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Contact: Kristy Huff (kristy.huff@umite.maine.edu); Deb Landry, (207) 843-2146 ORONO — UMaine sophomore and dean’s list student Kristy Huff of Burnham was crowned Miss Maine Collegiate on Saturday, Feb. 5. Huff, 20, a pre-law student with a psychology major and a minor in legal studies, was crowned by fellow UMaine honor student Shannon Folsom, formerly Miss […]
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Contact: Alan Davenport, (207) 581-1341 ORONO — SkyLase laser system is returning to UMaine’s Jordan Planetarium for school vacation week with a variety of rock, holiday and storytelling treats, all illustrated with laser animation and sweeping patterns Feb. 16-26. Music lovers can enjoy popular rock favorites and star legend tales on the planetarium’s acoustically tuned […]
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Bruce Sidell, UMaine professor and founding director of the university’s School of Marine Sciences, died on Tuesday at the age of 62. Sidell’s professional accomplishments included extensive research in Antarctica where a peninsula known as the “Sidell Spur” bears his name. “Bruce Sidell was an exemplary faculty member, mentoring and inspiring countless students while contributing […]
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Contact: Sally Jacobs at sjacobs@maine.edu ORONO — As a result of their largest combined effort so far, the Orono Land Trust and Bangor Land Trust have conserved 2,738 acres of forests, meadows, wetlands, and lakeshores in the Bangor-Alton area. This follows the 2001 establishment of the Caribou Bog-Penjajawoc Lands Project (Corridor Project) aimed at regional […]
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Contact: George Markowsky, 581-3940 Egyptian graduate student Sherief Farouk of the Department of Computer Science at UMaine will discuss his perspectives on the popular revolt in Egypt today, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m. in Room 117, Donald P. Corbett Business Building. Farouk will offer a technological and personal perspective on the upheaval, coordinated over the […]
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Contact: Deborah Kelley, (207) 990-7604; George Manlove, (207) 581-3756 ORONO — After nearly 10 years in research, development and testing, engineers and scientists in the University of Maine’s interdisciplinary Laboratory for Surface Science & Technology (LASST) have created state-of-the-art wireless high-temperature sensors able to withstand temperatures of up to at least 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit — […]
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Contact: Christopher Gendron, (860) 803-1117 ORONO — A University of Maine graduate research assistant is looking for several dozen volunteers to participate in a study on how cranberry juice may affect appetite and blood chemistry. Volunteers will receive $300 in compensation at the completion of the study. Qualifying participants for the study will be asked […]
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Contact: Leisa Preble, (207)581-1016 A first-hand look at the 2010 earthquake in Chile by William Desisto, associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Maine, is the topic for the Department of Physics & Astronomy’s Friday, Feb. 4 colloquium at 3:10 p.m. in 137 Bennett Hall, a free and public event. Desisto’s talk, “Reflections […]
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